The African script had spread throughout the Maghreb before the spread of the Andalusi script. The Andalusi script was particular for its rounded letters, as attested to in Al-Maqdisi's geography book The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions. The Andalusi script evolved in Iberia from the Damascene Kufic script with the establishment of the second Umayyad state, which would become the Caliphate of CГіrdoba. The African script evolved in Ifriqiya (Tunisia) from Iraqi Kufic by way of the Kufic of Qairawan. Д®arly on, there were two schools of Maghrebi script: the African script ( Ш§Щ„Ш®Ш· Ш§Щ„ШҐЩЃШ±ЩЉЩ‚ЩЉ) and the Andalusi script ( Ш§Щ„Ш®Ш· Ш§Щ„ШЈЩ†ШЇЩ„ШіЩЉ). Iraqi Kufic script, as seen on this Idrisid dirham, influenced the early development of Maghrebi script. Qayrawani Kufic script developed in al-Qayrawan from the Iraqi Kufic script. The Arabic script in its Iraqi Kufic form spread from centers such as Fes, Cordoba, and Qairawan throughout the region along with Islam, as the Quran was studied and transcribed. Maghrebi script is a direct descendant of the old Kufic script that predated Ibn Muqla's al-khat al-mansub ( Ш§Щ„Ш®ЩЋШ· Ш§Щ„Щ…ЩЋЩ†Щ’ШіЩЏЩ€ШЁ proportioned line) standardization reforms, which affected Mashreqi scripts. The conquerors, led by Uqba ibn Nafi, used both Hijazi and Kufic scripts, as demonstrated in coins minted in 711 under Musa ibn Nusayr.

Arabic script first came to the Maghreb with the Islamic conquests (643вЂ“709).

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